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Vanitas Vanitatis 



E. E. VIOLETTB 



CINCINNATI 

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING 
COMPANY 





Copyright, 191 8 
The Standard Publishing CompMiy 





JAN 2? 1319 

©CI.A51I403 



Dedicated to 
PEGGY PAGE" 



CANTO 
I 



TJfli? rrtmBOtt rantbbr 
W rrautlfi along tl|r 

tuallH 
®f tilt nib l|ouj0^ at 

l|nm?; anb tljrnugli 

ll|p l|all0 
®l^?r^ rings ll|^ langl|- 

t?r 0f a hggon^ 

bau 
®f gnutli anb plrasur^. 

Ktxh tt|rr? romes a 

lag. 



of ti|? pajSiSitttg 
OII|anr|tn0 % jngs nf 

trars — 
®rarfi 0f rrgr^t tl|at 

ran not ngl|t ttj? 

mrongs, 
Slrars of r^morfi^ tl|at 

0on00 



l0-ba|| if m? Ijai 
kttomtt 

urr m^ant. Iftai m^ 

not tijrotun 
Amau tl|at goli^tt 

iag of long ago 
Wt mtgltt l|ati? Hatt^b 

oursplu^fi tijtja iratlj- 

Ijpbb mo^ 



©t|at bnnriH ttattt long- 
t«ga for % oUi 
rnof-trff 

Atti rlnuijs our br^mttfi 
of tifalttg. 



CANTO 
II 



^ntiintii vtinnb 

ani t« tl|0fif Jiag0 
m^ fnunJi 
Srrp mtnrB 0f bta- 



CANTO 
III 



/j|\ut of % b0un&- 

V!l/ Ubb inp ll|v t&t 

of ©tm? 
SoUa btUoma of tt|F 

Pajst all rromuipi 

mttlj nm0 
3l|ion tt|^ 0l|or^0 

mljrr^ mr m^r^ mont 

to play, 
QlflUttttng tl^t j&nmt 

oli hIi^Uh from iay 

to &ag; 





Houttgtttg b^tt^atl^ 0«r 
Bun-Jinitfi^ 0tt tl|^ 
HlranJi, 

Watrlitttg 1I|^ mxlh 
matt^B runntttg m 
tJ|^ 0ani. 

**Wi|at ar^ tl|?g aag- 
ing?" tfi % age- 
long rrg: 

"Htuj? mtyil^ gnu ma^, 
*tmtU fionn b^ lun^ 
t0 it^!'* 





tl|at lt|^ ttnMtBH 

jfrs torn ll|? acmn 
rattfjBl 
®I|tsi am^-tnaptrtng 
anthfut 0f 11?? 

Srumns our brt^f fng 
atti l?arl|?0 us to 



CANTO 
IV 



2^^ hxh nnt knam 

^mvB maxxlh bring ; 
Wt Yttksixith IjnmF 

aa but a Itttl? 

tijtng — 
A plntt mi^nt Ixxtth 

a m o 1 1| ^ r , lou^i 

aiul|tb ; 
11^ hxh nnt knnm 

tly? pain b^n^atly i^n 

Butik, 



tljat Sltfi? 
3s but a ttamptr^ 

bringing grirf unh 

nMU 
So all tl|at imt it 

ani nn pUafiure 

b^nt 
00 SF?. t0 tl|ink« t0 

Uur lik? tt|00^ ml|0 

m^nt 



hut ro0?0 ; atti tl|?tr 
tl|or«0, 
Snuhkb for mtl^ pattt 

l|0rn0 
®f tl^? ^rrat Stlmma 

on mtjtrti m? Iiattg 
g>nar^i an& txxtn atti 

futtU. Attb % 

tjar0lj[ rlang 



(Wttli falbn tiolfi 
0tat«?b mttJi rrtmfluitt 

®f 0ur bipfit blno&) is 
htnmng in nur ^arja 

Stflrnrhant tnn^a 
0f it0ap|i0tnlt«9 



CANTO 
V 



W jiy^ttr trgfittng- 

plar? for all 
Exrth uagabonina mlyo 

rail 
Jtt mrlohtrsi of mrm- 

nrg, anJi flrr 
SItkr l|0mttt9 ioura 

frnm lattifi utrxxjsm 

% jsra! 



lark from % lyalla 

of Irarnutg anin of 

art, 
lark mttl| Ujr spotlfi 

of mattg a forrtgtt 

mart, 
lark from tl^r lattii 

mlyrrr burtitng 

g>appl|o jaung, 
lark from tljr istortri 

filynorfli mlyrrr mar- 

tgr0 tyuttg. 



?8ark frnm pagoba 


lanifi vali^rt 


falfi? 


00&ja Htntb, 




2Jark from lly^ 


iearrt 


sanbs alntt 


9 tkt 


Nile, 




lark from t^t 


tratljs 


mi^ttt mearg 


matt- 


b]?rlu0t 




Hatl^ Uh mrtifi 


3 rlftl- 


brett maie of 


mttp- 


tng iuBt. 





CANTO 
VI 



>^ fatlfi U0 afi 0«r 

sab If^arts turn 
iil^rnm tl|^ brnkien 

lj[0m^i0t^ai& t0 tlj^ 

jBtara ttjat bunt, 
Wtam llyr rutu^in rrf- 

ug^ ll][at m? our^ 

ralUi Ijom0 
®0 tte patl][0 uf plan- 

tU llyat in far fikto 

rnanu 



Anb 00 


tn stbttr^ 


anb unttj trembling 


i^nnh 




Wi ^tniap 


tl|0 remnant 


of tl|f 


®ljm0 (Soi 


pktttt^i, 


» 


Atti tuf^p tijat m? 


roul& 


tljftnk our 


pra^^rs 


m^r^ i^tnth 


S^raiT«p m? took tlj^m 


from 


a pxlntth 


morb; 





CANTO 
VII 



Trjn I][0lpkaH failure 

W frnm nur prag^rja 

m^ pa00 
®0 tl|0U9lftiBi lik^ itm- 

hvitpB 0l|tntn9 on 

tl|^ grass 
OW tl|p fr^sli fii?I&0 of 

f 0Uti|'si brtgtit mnrn- 

OIr0utb-0;ilfnior tn tl|0 
jstttgtng ttironga 
%r0! Atti, 0l|! 



ting ButxB ml\nt mt 

SfHtb^ tl^t rtiBt-t}mpth 
fanpfi of Itf^ atti 

®lj? n^rtar of truf 

Hou^. ®«t t0-bag 

mr brink 
MitJi ^nrratffi tlt^ l|pm- 

Inrk, tl|? ml|ib m? 

tlyink 



TSipan tl^f paat. (§m 

Bmtet fan ha mon- 

jbrnuja fair 
3 0?^ hut itmlg, 

fram^b routti mttly 

gol&^tt l^atr, 
{5t|^ tmn long bratba, 

hotlj ttpi mttlj rtb- 

bntts r^i; 
But i}^v blm ^g^H ar? 

ii^ai 



morli. Ani, Blntt 

tl|rtlUb ttig Ijffart; 
atti mtj^tt 
3 5^t m^ i^tntt to 
bm^U among tljfr 

®f liy^ jK^parl^iii, J 
filyaU jsing Uy^ jBottg 



Wf \XBth to '0t«Q t0- 
^ttl\n until 0l|?, 

HFartttg mg xxam frnm 
*nratl| ttj? rgpr^sisi- 

01|aU rnmp anii tttfrt 
m? nu % ^nlb^n 






CANTO 
VIII 



lUtl 3U0tt0r tn Ambt- 

Itntt'ja train, 
Snlkit xxp ti|^ I|tU attb 

tlirnuglf tt?^ op^n 

jjlattt 
®t|at k«?m n0 bouttba 

in tljat ^ii^ntfnl 

bag 
®f gcntlifnl l|0p^. 

lut n0UJ alnng % 

man 



(§f Ufr uvt 0i|atl0r?& 

far, 

l][ttri|fi to Jitstattt 
0tar; 
®l|^ jstar ttsiflf l|afli 
r^asi^i t0 filfut? n« 

®n0 maat^Ji tttglit it 
foil iomn from tl|^ 
0kg; 



Knh mtBtfuU r^tro- 
jgp^rttur train of 
tl|nugl|t 

young Ambtttnn 

ram? to nangl^t: 
Anb Mraltli, iFamr, 

Honor, onr? our 

lu0tral Itglitfi, 
Ar? rtniirrrb anna tn 

jaktra of faurt^b 

tttgljta. 



CANTO 
IX 



J or SFtmi? j0|i?Uj0 
projjrrfifi mxh mt 
mag not lurtt 
01j^ flom 0f ^nnlution, 

3l0r ott^ tmir^ rtyanr^ 

mag; 
iS\}t 0park0 fl^ upmarb 
ani tl|0g mill ttot 
0tag. 



Ull^r? bag t0 ntglft anh 
ntgl^t makpa Itfr a 

3Farrm?U, train pims- 
ur^js, ^nan^Br^ttt 
toga; 

Eartl^'a tvmmxrth pujstB 
art l^fart^n'fi itja- 



CANTO 
X 



^ANITAS 'vanitatis 

ani tt rnm^fi time tn 

IFnr all tl|e ptrturpB 
paitilifi in our 

ArF ma0l|^i amag mttlj 
t^ars. A«i nsxm 



(Hilt ^artli-mom mor- 
lalja at ttji? rtti^r- 

00ng of tli^ 0tt?fi 

tl|at it^b 
Anb m?«t btftivt na 

tn tl|p CSr^at 1«- 

ktuimtt 
®0 m^?l tly? Mnhtt 

ott IftB ifflgfittr 

3Ilyr0n^. 



CANTO 
XI 



Ani ttnm at tlj^ 
kfit mtkjston^ in 
% rart, 

H? pass tl|p tomb- 

0tflttf of iitpvivUh 

grar^ 

AttJi r^arlj tly^ lyar- 

bor 0tt tljat Hilu^r 

ttxtt trtni^ mortal 
muat put out to 
0^a. 





A«b in ti^t rrablf of 
tb[t rnlltng ti^i^p, 

(Si^^ mmt^B mill rtttk 
UH— jstyall 0k?p mti 

ll^'ll sail atti aatl 
upon ttj^ HiUnl 

Anir httnm tlyr ftr^mnja 
of immortality! 





of lyapptn^fifl attb 
Qatn 
Not fomtii *mth bb^h- 
tttg hobt^js of tljr^ 

W^ll &r?am of ttBt 
mtttj OJoJi mly^r^ all 
\B mM 

Anil mly^rp tly? Itglyt of 
2Irutly lifr'B mgtl|B 



l^tipt iB born att^m 
®0 muht UB ir^am 
ajgaut tl|at inr^amB 
tutnt tru^t 



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